Whiffs It Gould But It Is Not Gold
Ann Schrader reviews the film Whiffs a Brut Productions release by Twentieth Century Fox rating PG. Elliott Gould stars as a private subjected to chemical tests for military research alongside Jennifer O Neill and a supporting cast. The plot follows his disorienting health decline and later revenge tactics including gas thefts and robberies with an accomplice convict. The reviewer notes the film’s weak script and negative portrayal of disabled characters amid Vietnam War era sentiments.
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Elliott Gould
Eddie Albert
Harry Guardino
Godfrey Cambridge
Jennifer O'Neill
Brut Productions
Twentieth Century Fox
Hollywood
Ann Schrader
U.S. Army
Chemical Corps
Dudley
Army
Colonel Lockyer
White Fang
Alaska
Jack London
Buck
Mistah
Navy EM-1 Frezon shows compass at Cedar Rapids display
Michigan born EM-1 Jerry Frezon presents a ships compass to 10 year old Philip Pape and 9 year old Steve Hingtgen at Lindale Plaza Cedar Rapids. The Bicentennial Caravan features four semi trailer units, each representing a branch of the armed forces, on display from noon to 5:30 Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Do It Again a Above Average Comedy at the Paramount
A Warner Bros. first artists comedy starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby at the Paramount. Poitier plays a milkman with a mystical power who teams with Cosby to fund a church by hypnotizing rival fighters and pulling off an elaborate money scheme. The film blends verbal and visual humor and is noted as above average despite a sprawling plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Poitier
Bill Cosby
Jimmie Walker
Calvin Lockhart
Warner Bros
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Bill Lavelette
Poitier
Cosby
Clyde Williams
Big City
Williams
Billy Foster
Sons and Daughters of
Shaka
New Orleans
Foster
Poitier-Cosby
Dean
Sammy Davis, Jr
Muhammad Ali
Saturday Theater Times List Across Multiple Venues
A Saturday cinema schedule lists Paramount World Plaza Stage Eastown Collins Twin West Marion and Cinemax theaters with times for Let s Do It Again Whiffs The Apple Dumpling Gang Pornography and Prostitution in the USA Coed Dorm The Legend of Boggy Creek White Fang French Connection II And Now for Something Completely Different Old Dracula Winterhawk Rooster Cogburn Jaws Kiss the Teacher Good Bye The Trip with Teacher Teacher and It Pays To Advertise with various showings through the evening.
White Fang film review from Plaza theater digs into dangers
A detailed critique of the American Cinema production White Fang at the Plaza. Franco Nero Virna Lisi Fernanda Rey John Steiner star alongside a Canadian front. The reviewer notes mixed plot threads from Call of the Wild and emphasizes family appeal tempered by two graphic dog and bear fights.
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Franco Nero
Virno Lisi
Fernanda Rey
John Steiner
Plaza Theater
Hollywood
Beauty Smith
Beauty
Father Colby
Fernando Rey
Jason
Mistah
White Fang
Virna Lisi
Colby
Krista
Scott
Gardner attacks Cedar Rapids safety chief at Miguel’s
Write in candidate Tom Gardner says Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck must accept responsibility for his departments. Gardner notes he criticizes the head, not the workers, and cites more than 1000 felony arrests while questioning convictions. He cites Cedar Rapids crime and traffic congestion as failures of Steinbeck.
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Tom Gardner
Cedar Rapids
James Steinbeck
Miguel
Gardner
Steinbeck
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Collins
Marion
Cinemax
Dick Miller
Castle Lanes
Marion Shopping Center
Pizza Hut
First Ave
7Th Ave
16Th Ave
Center Pt. Rd
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HE Roosevelt Royale
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Jason Scott
Dawson City
C.R. City Workers
Tonite
U.S. Choice
N.Y
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